Labour Party, yesterday, debunked rumour making the round that it conducted parallel Presidential primaries that produced a factional Presidential candidate, in the person of one Samson Uchenna. The party, in a statement issued by the Acting National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi Oluwafemi and made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, noted that the party never had parallel primaries. Arabambi argued that though Uchenna was a Presidential aspirant on the platform of Labour

Ghanaian Gospel Musician, Kofi Sarpong who doubles as a public servant has been promoted in the Ghana Police Service where he is a full time employee. The ‘AyeyiNdowm‘ hitmaker is now an Assistant Commissioner of Police with the Ghana Police Service. At the time of his breakthrough in the music industry, he was a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) which influenced him to add it to his stage name, making it DSP Kofi Sarpong. In an interview to announce a new stage name following promotion of

Ghana can brag about having gold, cocoa, and exceptional music talents like Sarkodie, Stonebwoy, Gyakie, Efya among others but it can’t brag about having a record label in the eyes of Kwabena Kwabena. According to the Ghanaian singer, despite the existence of Lynx Entertainment, Black Avenue Music, Sarkcess Music, Zylofon Music, among others, he sees no record label in Ghana. Detailing his what has influenced his assertion, the ‘Adult Music’ hitmaker said the practice of some “record

At a stakeholder engagement with the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture in Takoradi, the Minister, Dr. Awal Mohammed on June, 5, 2021 promised the people of Sekondi-Takoradi that, within a year, the deserted 32-year-old Centre for National Culture (CNC) at Sekondi will have a facelift to an international standard. Dr. Awal’s one-year promise fell on June 5, 2022 but the Creative Arts Players in Western Region are yet to see any renovation of the CNC. This has infuriated the stakeholders in the

The US climate envoy John Kerry has committed to pursuing the facts behind the disappearance of a veteran Guardian contributor and a celebrated Indigenous expert in the Brazilian Amazon. Dom Phillips and Bruno Araújo Pereira were last seen on Sunday morning travelling by boat, illegal loggers, drug traffickers and security forces. Kerry, a former US secretary of state, appears shocked at details of the case recounted by the Brazilian Indigenous leader Sonia Guajajara in a WhatsApp video of the

Beijing has accused Australia and Canada of “spreading disinformation” over allegedly dangerous manoeuvres by Chinese military pilots in international airspace. China also warned Australia to stop “provocations” or face “serious consequences” after the Albanese government said a Chinese jet intercepted an RAAF plane in a dangerous manoeuvre. A day earlier Justin Trudeau hit out at “irresponsible and provocative” actions by Beijing’s air force after Canadian aircraft deployed

The Mali representative’s empty seat is seen in Accra, Ghana, on September 16, 2021, at an ECOWAS meeting on the political situation in Guinea. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it regrets a decision by Mali’s interim government to delay the return to civilian rule by 24 months while negotiations between the two sides were ongoing. Mali’s military government, which first came to power in an August 2020 coup, issued a decree on Monday fixing the 24-month timetable,

Iran has turned off a number of cameras installed by the global nuclear watchdog after Western powers introduced a resolution to censure it. The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced on Wednesday that it has turned off the Online Enrichment Monitor (OLEM) and flowmeter system of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at an unidentified nuclear site. All the dismantled monitoring systems were installed voluntarily and beyond the framework of the safeguards agreement with the

King Philippe has handed over to the Democratic Republic of Congo the first of some 84,000 artefacts looted during the colonial era that Belgium has agreed to return. It is a mask, called Kakungu, that was previously exhibited at Belgium’s Royal Museum for Central Africa. King Philippe and Queen Mathilde are on a visit to DR Congo at the invitation of President Félix Tshisekedi. Belgium’s colonial record in DR Congo was one of the most brutal in Africa. The newly returned mask was used

One person has been killed and at least a dozen more injured after a car drove into a crowd on a busy Berlin street. Emergency officials say it is unclear whether the incident, which happened at around 10:30 local time (08:30 GMT), was intentional or an accident. A police spokesperson told reporters that the driver, a 29-year-old man, was arrested at the scene. The incident took place in the heart of western Berlin, on one of its busiest shopping streets. Police added that the driver, who has dual

The dry season is here again. Already there have been pockets of reported cases of measles in most homes across the country. Studies have shown that dry air has four main effects on the human body. Breathing dry air is a potential health hazard which can cause such respiratory ailments as asthma, bronchitis, sinusitis, and nosebleeds, or general dehydration since body fluids are depleted during respiration. Diseases such as measles occur during dry weather. Measles, respiratory and highly infectious

The New Patriotic Party is directly linked to the United Party. On that fateful day, on October 13, 1957 it was Busia who brought National Liberation Movement (NLM) to the table; Dombo brought Northern People’s Party (NPP); S.G. Antor brought the Togoland Congress (TC); Modesto Apaloo brought the Anlo Youth Association (AYA); Attoh Okine and Attoh Quarshie brought the Ga Shifimokpee; Bankole Awooner Renner brought the Muslim Association Party (MAP). Bankole was born in Elmina in 1898 and converted